NHAI to become paperless office

paperless office, no peons, outsourcing of all ancillary functions, swank workplace with plush interiors. don't mistake this for a high-street bank. this is our very own bharat sarkar. welcome to national highway authority of india, created to set up 14,000 km of world class highways with a budget of rs 60,000 crore, which comes to roughly 3 per cent of the country's gdp. apart from its core function, nhai has also done a first by creating a new work culture by shedding the traditional bharat sarkar image. consider this: there are no group d staff whose work profile in traditional offices is to carry files, fetch drinking water and coffee and run errands, both work-related and personal. the nhai has done away with nearly 70 group d employees who were earlier with them on an ad hoc basis. instead, one can see officers (also read bureaucrats) carrying their own files and moving up to the coffee vending machine too. the total strength in nhai's headquarters is 230 which comprises officers and secretarial staff. nhai chairman deepak dasgupta told et that plans were afoot to create a paperless office, enabling electronic clearance of files. however, hard copies have to be maintained in such undertakings as they are under the scrutiny of governmental audits and vigilance. dasgupta said the idea behind creating a new work culture is to maintain a trim organisation. as per the mandate for nhai, the organisation is trying to keep its own expenditure well below the envisaged 1 per cent of the total cost, which is rs 600 crore. the idea is to have a nominal staff and optimise expenditure by outsourcing functions. besides, the authority hopes that staff levels are maintained at reasonable limits.for instance, the private group handling security also mans reception and mail operations. photocopying functions are done by xerox itself. medical facilities in office are provided by max healthcare. catering is done by radha krishna hospitality services. transport for staff is provided by maruti vans (15 of them) which the nhai has hired on a contract. these services are aimed at enhancing motivation among employees. the plush office, built at a cost of rs 25 crore, is located at dwarka, 20 km from cp.

NHAI to become paperless office

PAPERLESS office, no peons, outsourcing of all ancillary functions, swank workplace with plush interiors. Don’t mistake this for a high-street bank. This is our very own Bharat Sarkar.

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